IF VOTED TO POWER BJP TO CHANGE NAME OF J&K TO JAMMU, KASHMIR AND LADAKH

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Bharatiya Janta Party is all set to change the history of Jammu and Kashmir by renaming it as State of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.

By doing this the top brass of the party is aiming to kill two birds with one arrow.

Since the party is banking heavily on the party support base in Ladakh region it is expecting to reap rich dividends in the Assembly polls. BJP for the first time had won Lok Sabha seat in Ladakh.

According to senior leaders of the party BJP is also going to propose state subject status for the children of daughters of the state married outside the state to a non-state subject.

Upbeat BJP has also decided to include the core issue of abrogation of Article 370, which accords a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, in its electoral manifesto.

The BJP is also expected to include the emotive issue of doing away with two flags in the state.

The party is also going to propose state holiday on October 26, celebrated as Accession Day in its party manifesto,BJP sources said.

A senior leader of the the party said,”We are committed to end dynastic rule in J&K”. Our focus would be to uproot Omar Abdullah led alliance govt with thumping majority. “We are also committed to ensure return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits and grant of citizenship rights to refugees, BJP leader said.

According to party sources, ” blue print of the electoral manifesto came up for discussion in a high level meeting of the manifesto draft committee here at party headquarters on wednesday and the same is expected to be made public in the coming days.